Исследовательская работа "Video games and their beneficial effects"

МАОУ "Гимназия №2" Школьная научно-практическая конференция Секция: Английский

Исследовательская работа

Video games and their beneficial effects

Работу выполнили:

Шарипов Данис Эмилевич

Белозеров Григорий Дмитриевич 

Ученики 7Б класса

Научный руководитель: Машкина Марина Владимировна

г. Пермь 2024 г.

Aim: to learn more about videogames and find out what effects they have on teenagers.

• The object of the study is videogames and their genres.
• The subject of the study is beneficial effects of videogames.
• Hypothesis: Playing videogames is good for children’s education, health and social skills.
• Basic research methods: survey, literature review, analysis.

The theoretical part: Brief information  about video games

• Computer games (or video games) are computer programs that organize gameplay and have many genres, such as story games, shooters, and arcade games, among others.

1. REAL-TIME STRATEGIES -  Real - time   strategy  ( RTS ) is a subgenre of  strategy  video games that does not progress incrementally in turns, but allow all players to play simultaneously, in " real   time ". 

Types of videogames:

2. MMORPG (MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER ONLINE ROLE-PLAYING GAME) - A computer game that combines the genre of role-playing games with the genre of massively multiplayer online games. 

3. Hypercasual - a mobile video game that doesn't require much effort for gameplay.

Types of videogames:

4. A NARRATIVE GAME - A  GAME WHOSE MECHANICS ARE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON NARRATIVE DEVELOPMENT RATHER THAN ACTION RESOLUTION .

5.  FIRST-PERSON SHOOTERS - A  GENRE OF COMPUTER GAMES IN WHICH THE GAMEPLAY IS BASED ON BATTLES USING FIREARMS OR ANY OTHER WEAPON IN A FIRST-PERSON VIEW .

6. TURN-BASED STRATEGY IS A GENRE OF COMPUTER GAMES WHOSE MAIN FEATURE IS THAT PLAYERS MAKE MOVES ONE AT A TIME, AS OPPOSED TO REAL-TIME STRATEGY.

Positive effects of videogames

• They help improve spatial awareness, develop the ability to follow moving objects, reduce impulsiveness, and help people overcome dyslexia.
• Video games improve a person's ability to multitask and increase their mental flexibility. 
• They also help to improve productivity, especially for professions that require good hand-eye coordination, attention to detail, and quick decision-making skills.

Negative effects

• They harm your health, including your eyesight and your mental health, leading to worse diseases in the long run. The main problems caused by these substances are addiction, obsession and toxicity, as well as irritability.

The practical part: 2.1 The results of opinion polls

• Our survey involved 17 teenage participants, who were divided into three groups:
• 1. Positive attitude - 12 participants (71%)
• 2. Neutral attitude - 5 participants (29%)
• 3. Negative attitude - 0 participants (0%)

The results of opinion polls  among adults: “How do you feel about video games?”

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  ” What genres of video games do you play?”

• Strategies
• Shooters
• Action
• Arcades
• Combat games
• Horrors
• Quests
• Learning applications, etc

“ Do video games have benefits?”

Fortnite

• An online computer game developed by American company Epic Games in collaboration with People Can Fly and released into early access in 2017. Fortnite offers players a choice of three separate modes: Fortnite: Save the World, an open-world cooperative survival simulator that asks players to work together to fight off zombie-like monsters using weapons and various structures; Fortnite: Battle Royale, a competitive battle royale mode in which 100 players must fight each other until only one player is left alive; and Fortnite: Creative, a sandbox mode added in 2018 in which players can build various structures on their own

Benefits of playing Fortnite

• Another  benefit   of   playing   Fortnite  online is that it can help enhance problem-solving skills. The game requires  players  to think strategically and come up with creative solutions to challenging situations. This can help improve cognitive abilities such as critical thinking and logical reasoning, which can be  beneficial  for both academic and professional pursuits.

Conclusion

• From all of the above, we can see that video games, for the most part, have benefits for people. However, most adults treat video games with disdain, they do not like them.And for some teenagers, on the contrary, they are even a hobby.